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Patch Highlights

From now until January 1, experience the holiday spirit with a brand-new brawl, Mei’s Yeti Hunt, and relive the previous Winter Wonderland’s magical moments by playing Mei’s Snowball Offensive. Players will also be able to unwrap loot boxes to collect last year’s festive fare in addition to 50 new holiday-themed cosmetics, including legendary skins like Snow Owl Ana, Avalanche Bastion, Beachrat Junkrat, Ice Fisherman Roadhog, Rime Sombra, and more.

Player Warning Updates

Several changes have been made to the player report system.

Players being reported will receive an in-game message letting them know that they have been reported, along with a warning concerning continued negative behavior. Ongoing misconduct will result in silence, suspension, or a permanent ban, depending on the severity of the infraction (in severe cases, players may receive their punishment before receiving the initial in-game message).

Players who report someone for poor behavior, resulting in a disciplinary action, will now be notified with an in-game message when the issue has been resolved. We take every report seriously, along with your feedback. Thank you for your patience as we continue to fine tune these systems.

Game Browser and Custom Games

General

Added an option that allows heroes to spawn with fully charged ultimate abilities. This can be enabled under Settings > Heroes > General > Spawn with Ultimate Ready when creating a custom game

Added an option that allows heroes to cast ultimate abilities that last for the full duration of a match. This can be enabled under Settings > Heroes > General > Infinite Ultimate Duration when creating a custom game

This only applies to Doomfist, Genji, Bastion, Junkrat, Torbjorn, Widowmaker and Winston.

A.I.

[PC] An option to “Remove All A.I.” in the custom game lobby can be accessed by Right Click > Remove All Bots

[PS4/XB1]A.I. players can be removed from within the custom game lobby by selecting a bot, then selecting “Remove All Bots” from the submenu

Hero Gallery

General

Players can now clear new item notifications with the “Mark All As Seen” button in the Hero Gallery

Bug Fixes

General

Fixed an issue that caused the arcade card for Limited Duel and Mystery Duel to not list all currently disabled characters

[PC] Fixed an issue that prevented certain sound effects from playing when navigating the Options menu with a controller

Fixed a bug in Elimination mode that caused players to spawn as a random hero at the start of a match instead of the one that was highlighted

A.I.

Fixed a bug that caused Roadhog Bot to get stuck in the spawn room of the Oasis: City Center stage

Heroes

Fixed a visual bug that caused Ana’s Biotic Rifle ammo clip to detach when her Captain Amari skin was equipped